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ring in one's nose

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A compulsion to gamble regardless of one's losses.

slang

Examples

“So, the dealers are thinking, “What a mamaluke! The guy's got a ring in his nose!” But then he comes back and plays some more. And all the guys like him, because he's funny and he's one of the boys and he tips big.”
“He admitted in a dugout interview in 1969 that there was a time when he “had a ring in his noseand once lost $8,000 two days in a row at the track.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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